Manuel Roxas Camus (October 16, 1875 – December 22, 1949) was a

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and a

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Education

Camus completed his education in

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and returned to the Philippines in 1899 to serve as an interpreter and translator for the Provost Marshal General of the

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Career

From 1928 to 1931, Camus served as a senator in the

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. A lawyer by profession, he held position in numerous private and public offices : Partner, Dizon and Zavalla; acting honorary consul for Peru; Vice-president, Gold Rock Mining Co.; member, board of directors, Federated Management and Investment Syndicate; member, Anti-Usury Board; president, El Hogar Filipino; scout commissioner, Philippine Council, Boy Scouts of America; director, Metropolitan Theater Co.; president, national committee, Y.M.C.A. of the Philippine Islands; chairman, disaster relief committee, Philippine Red Cross (American National Red Cross); member, American Bar Association; president, Community Publishers, Inc.; and president, executive committee, Greater Manila Civic League. He was a charter member (1936) and the president and chief scout of the

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in 1945 to 1949.

The seven charter members and founding

National Boy Scout Movement 50th Anniversary 28 Oct 1987

Fathers of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines are Camus, Joseph Emile H. Stevenot, Arsenio N. Luz,

Carlos P. Romulo Carlos Peña Romulo Sr. (January 14, 1899 – December 15, 1985) was a Filipino people, Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist and author. He was a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, a general in the US Army and the Phi ...

, General Vicente Lim,

Jorge B. Vargas Jorge Bartolomé Vargas y Celis (August 24, 1890 – February 22, 1980) was a Filipino lawyer, diplomat and youth advocate born in Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines. He graduated valedictorian from Negros Occidental High School in 1909 an ...

and Gabriel A. Daza. On January 1, 1938, the inauguration of the

was held in front of the Legislative Building in

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, with Exequiel Villacorta taking over as chief scout executive, equivalent to the position of today's secretary general. J.E.H. Stevenot served as the first president of the BSP, with Vargas as first vice president, Romulo as second vice president, Lim as treasurer, Camus as national scout commissioner, Exequiel Villacorta as chief scout executive, and Severino V. Araos as deputy chief scout executive.

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Scouting in the Philippines Senators of the 8th Philippine Legislature 1875 births 1949 deaths Burials at the Manila North Cemetery 20th-century Filipino lawyers {{Philippines-politician-stub

Education

Career

The seven charter members and founding

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